Just no.

Seriously, why? For 9/11 memorial I get, but wtf did Mr. Kirk do to merit such honors?

The next Democratic Administration needs to designate January 6 as “Insurrection Day.”

As to Kirk, I confess that I was at best apathetic when I heard he had been assassinated. I had two thoughts that I’m sure many here had but don’t want to admit to. The first was there is now one less dumbfuck to wear a silly red hat. Then I thought about the Clarence Darrow quote: “I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”

I’m sorry, I’m not going to feign shock or sadness that this fascist POS was killed. Clarence Darrow was a far better person than me — there are people I wish were dead and who I think do deserve to die.

Oh wait, they'd be there non-stop in perpetuity.

matter how absurd a proposition that is.

....damn, to see your father blown away like that. Don't know how close they were.

Story in Reuters.

He was nothing to our government. He never served in any office. He doesn't deserve this honor. This has been getting overplayed for years. This is for heros. This douche was no hero. He hated and hated. The hate finally came for him unfortunately.

He was a far right wing, fanatical, religious leader of the Republican Youth.............Who also preached racist propaganda.........

A fresh, new martyr to their warped cause.........

Why would he do this?????

If I was one for flying flags I'd have to figure out how to raise it up double.

This is so stupid. Do these governors seriously think the Rethugs will give them any respect? Of course not. They'll just think this is a win for them. After all, the most important thing in life is to "own the libs," right?

...standing tall on a strong left leg demonstrating a powerful democratic kum ba ya moment...

...until the next republican passerby pisses on right...

...is something wrong with us...?

...Charlie who...?...

and then does everything he can to render it meaningless.

God, I fucking despise hypocrites! Especially him.

SMH

Simple

Speculating but a lot of Democrats are tired of just taking the high road

Sorry, this is getting really stupid. Kirk held no official government position. Why is he deserving of such an honor?

Did Beshear and all these other governors order flags at half staff for the killings in Minnesota?

Why not just keep the flag on the ground considering how rampant gun violence is in this country?

apparently just because Trump said so.

This is a disgrace on the part of a US governor.

You don’t have to agree with the guy, like the guy, respect the guy, or anything else to see that this shooting was wrong, unacceptable, criminal, and human tragedy for those who did know and love him. We should all see the humanity in each other and oppose man’s inhumanity to man unconditionally.

But this man wasn’t a public servant. He wasn’t an elected official. He wasn’t a noted philanthropist. Why would anyone other than Trump fly flags at half-staff in his honor? His life, insofar as I can tell, was devoted to public disservice, to divisiveness, to fomenting hate and tribalism. What makes him deserving of public honors normally reserved to those who contribute to the public good?

There are ways to show respect for his humanity that don’t demean actual public servants.

I will be making phone calls and writing letters about this.
"Lowering the temperature" means lowering the flag for the sort of person who helped get us here?.

I respect the gravity of the loss for Kirk's family while being horrified by what lowering the flag says about some of our leaders, that they're embracing politics and pandering over governance.

End Gun Violence Day, and should be done yearly until all our citizens, especially our children, are safe.

Showing no respect for a dead President because the 30 days ran into the Inauguration of our Fuhrer, so UP they fucking went.

Sure they would....

Seriously? This is why I don't think of him as Presidential Material post regime fall.

We will be in territory that hasn't been charted since 1865. This isn't the type of leadership we will need.

Good man, great Governor - but not going to meet the moment in the way Pritzker or Newsom could.

Ridiculous.